 | Andrew Steinmetz - 1848 - 522 pages
...depraved thing : it is the wisdom of rats that will be sure to leave a house flome time before it fall : it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...for him : it is the wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tcara when they would devour. Rut that which is specially to be noted is, that those which (as Cicero... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...others to be read but cursorily, and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention. fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...made room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, who shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which,... | |
 | George Atkinson - Cumbria (England) - 1849 - 334 pages
...the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house some time » See Life, 71. before its fall ; it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...times unfortunate : and whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves, they become in the end themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune,... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...depraved thing : it is the wisdom ot rats, that will be sure to leave a house sometime before it fall : it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...that those which (as Cicero says of Pompey) are "sui amante, sine rivali," are many times unfortunate ; and whereas they have all their time sacrificed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...depraved thing. It is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...times unfortunate. And whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves, they become in the end themselves sacrifices to the inconstancy of fortune,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...matbematicks subtle, natural philosophic deepe, moral, grave ; lo~ gicko, and rhetohcke able to contend. fall. ters of learning, which are more secret and remote...but only to speak unto such as do fall under or nea who shed tears when they would devour. But that which is specially to be noted is, that those which,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...depraved thing : it is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall, It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him. It is tho wisdom of crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour, liut that which is specially to be... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...that thrusts out the badger, who digged and made room for him. It is the wisdom of crocodiles, who shed tears w~hen they would devour. But that which...specially to be noted is, that those which, as Cicero says j of Pompey, are sui amantes sine rivali, are many times unfortunate. And whereas they have all I their... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1852 - 394 pages
...that will be fure to leave a Houfe, fomewhat before it fall. It is the Wifdom of the Fox, that thrufts out the Badger, who digged and made Room for him. It is the Wifdom of Crocodiles, that fbed tears, when they would devour. But that which is fpecially to be noted... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...depraved thing : it is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall. It is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the...which (as Cicero says of Pompey) are sui amantes sine rivali,7 are many times unfortunate ; and whereas they have all their time sacrificed to themselves,... | |
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Wisdom for a man's self is in many branches thereof a depraved thing ; it is the wisdom of rats, that will be sure to leave a house somewhat before it fall; it is the wisdom of the fox, that thrusts out the badger who digged and made room for him; it... 
